Technology
Which of the following revolutionized American Communications in the late 1800s?
Telegraphs and Telephones
What type of company did Andrew Carnegie own
Steel
what was the homestead act?
Gave people 160 acres of free land
What was the first industry to attract people west?
Mining
How were Irish immigrants treated building the Railroad compared to the Chinese?
Good, They were paid more and had a less dangerous job
Which industry did the Bessemer Process affect?
The Steel industry
What type of company did John Rockefeller own?
Oil
What were three of the major challenges faces by Homesteaders?
Drought, Fires, Tornados
Boom town were established all over the united states in large part thanks to..What?
The transcontinental Railroad or mining towns
what was dangerous about the Chinese immigrants building the railroad?
They had to work with explosives to get through mountains
What did Edison invent that changed the average work day?
The light bulb
What company did Varnelious Vanderbilt own?
Railroad Company
How long did people have to stay on the land and farm it before they could own it?
5 years
Who built the Transcontinental railroad?
Chinese and Irish immigrants
what was the Chinese exclusion act?
excluded Chinese immigrants from coming to the united states
What invention was created that helped boost office jobs?
The type writer
What type of system is it when one company has complete control of a market?
A Monopoly
What were African Americans called that migrated due to the homestead act to escape the south?
Exodusters
What was the first step White settlers took to remove the native populaton?
Hunting Buffalo
Andrew Carnegie often times hired immigrants to work in his factories what might be one reason for that?
He could pay them less then nonimmigrants
what was invented during the gold rush that is still in use today?
Levi's
Why were the big business tycoons called robber barons?
They used ruthless tactics to cut out their competitors and paid their workers low wages
When was the last Homestead act Land given away?
1988
How many Buffalo were left in the year 1870?
less then 1000
More people migrating west led to what conflict with native Americans?
The Indian Wars